John Morrell & Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 31, 1941

30 N.L.R.B. 733 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of JOHN MoRRELL & Co. and LOCAL UNION No. 1,'UN-ITED
PACKINGHOUSE WORKERS OF AMERICA, OF PACKINGHOUSE WORKERS'
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE , AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O.
Case No. R-2284
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 31, 1941
On February 21, 1941 , the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceed-
ings.' Pursuant to the Direction of Election , an election by secret
ballot was conducted on March 7 , 1941 , under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the Eighteenth Region (Minne-
apolis, Minnesota ). On March 11 , 1941 , the Regional Director , acting
pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended , issued and duly served
upon the parties an Election Report . No objections to the conduct
of the ballot or the Election Report have been filed by any of the
parties.
As to the balloting and its results the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number of ballots cast__________________________________ 26
Total number of ballots counted_______________________________ 26
Total number of ballots cast for United Packinghouse Workers of
America, of Packinghouse Workers' Organizing Committee,
Local Union No. 1, C. I. O_________________________________ 24
Total number of ballots cast against above organization--______ 2
Total number of blank ballots ---------------------------------- 0
Total number of void ballots__________________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots____________________________ 0
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor
Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act,
49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and- 9, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Local Union No. 1, United Packinghouse
Workers of America, of Packinghouse Workers' Organizing Com-
mittee, affiliated with the C. I. 0., has been designated and selected
1 29 N. L. R. B. 1008.
30 N. L. R. B., No. 115.
733
734 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
by a majority of the watchmen, policemen, and firemen at the Ottumwa
plant of,John Morrell &,Co., Ottumwa, Iowa, excluding department
heads and supervisors, watchmen at Foster homes, and temporary
employees, as their representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of National Labor Rela-
tions Act, Local Union No. 1, United Packinghouse Workers of "Amer-
ica, of Packinghouse Workers' Organizing Committee, affiliated with
the C. I. 0., is -the exclusive representative of all such employees for
the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages,
hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.